Method of laying tile floors



Dec. 18, 1934. E. B. GATES METHOD OF LAYING TILE FLOORS Filed March 11,1932 WW/A 1 am n m w Patented Dec. 18 I 1934 ,Al'smi ati n ch 11,

v QlaimsL 1" -The methods heretofore-employed in the my 1 ing of tile Tfloors include the-manual pouring of the tile joints with bondingmaterial, and; involves the tedious process of-poun'ng' the variousjoints successively; T It frequently happens" that after this' bonding-mat'eria1'- becomes cooled, shrinkage occurs, causing an unevennessinthe floor as depressions occur" in thejoints It then becomes necessaryto go over the various -joints .andfillin'where required, after whichas'mooth' ing on operation is l necessar in order that a smooth evensurface may 'be obtained. In-addi- .tion -to the tedious'ness of thisprocessfit frequently occursthat in-the filling-in process'voids orinterstices occur, in which may" accumulate foreign' matt'e'r difficult,if not in'ip'o'ss'ible, to :remoive 1, I Ly 2 4 'I'hepresentfmethodovercomes the several ob- "jections to the above mentioned methoda's'the joints inmost instances may eangpburea at one 1 time and-in asingle operatio'm and all of the joints are 'properly filled so thati asmooth; even and substantially monolithic-surface is',-'-produced Irequiring no pointing up or filling in process,

The improved method for attaining this much "desired result-is morefully hereinaiter' described, reference *be'i'ng had'fl to the attacheddrawing,

1 is aplan'vlew of'acomparatively small section of a floor space andadjoining wall -and 'showing'an arrangement of tiles therein,

'Fig. 2 is a simila'rview showing' parts =of"the second-and third stepsof the improved process; Fig; 3 'is a similar view showiiiga completionof the third step of the process and preparatory to pouring oi? thejoints- 1 Fig. 4-is a similar view shewing the floor after'th'ep'o'uring process, v v

v Fig, 5 is anenlarged transverse I sectional 'view taken through aportion'of the floor an'd wall and illustrating 1 the pouring process{inffoperafi dp QC, i Fig. 6 is 'a similar view showing the appearanceof the'fioor after the process is"completed In carrying out'theprocess,the bed or foundation upon which the floor isto be laid is smoothedandlevele'd ofi 'from wall' to wall of the structure, andthe bodies ortiles 7 are placed upon the bed I in such relationithat fchannels T8 areformed between the several tiles;- The distance between thetiles will begoverned by the width of channel required, but care must be taken thatchannels of the proper width be,

provided between all 01 the several tiles so that all of said channelswill beintercommunicating. It is preferred that those tiles nextadjacent to ,METnoD. oF-LAYrNG "TIL El ri oons i 1.: j.

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cl:-; 2 r v the walls 9 of the building 'be-spac'ed therefrom a:substantial distance, this distance depending largely upon the totalfloor area'of the building. The purposeof this-space will be pointed out:hereina'ftenx .11 itflJH-Q -With"the tiles'thu's placedf'upon thebed,the various channels'8 are covered toprovidevintercommunicatingconduitspthis' "being most practically elfected 'by placing: over thetiles'a sheet or strips of paper, -rubber or other fiexible or pliablematerialLlO. The marginal portions of the sheet are shaped" around the"extreme :outer' edges of the marginal tiles so as to protect such edges,whereupon" the edges of the paper a're bent down into -the -floor"bedacross the space between the marginal tilesandithewalls? The 'sheet-material thus laid is weightedfdown;thi's'beingmost praci. ticallyeffected by-covering the-sheetmaterial with -sand 11; "The tilingthuslaid and covered is now ready for" the pouring process. "This isaccomplished'fib y pouring into i one*of the channels -a at: least fillall of the intercommunicating chann'els; -="=Ihe poiuing isperformed'preferably at intersecting channels' at' a point substantially quantity of fiuent bonding material sufiicient to a cilitatingthepouring'operation; a'pouring cup in allfdirections'and=fil1s the"same evenly to the topsu'rifa'c e of 'thetiles'; the covering strips-orsheet limiting the top level of-the-ibonding ma- -terial'.- It may befound desirable-=ornecessary to :i vent' one or more' 'ot the channelsto insure a proper 1 filling operation, :and thismay beaccomplished'byPcIearingaWay theLsand'andbreaking' the paper atJa-pointsuch as represented at '13 .The pouring'cup is of substantiallyirusto-conical shape-havinaitssmall end in directcommunication :with theintersecting channels," and sand or mud may be packed around theupstanding; cup as at 14 to maintainthe same properly positioned. IWhenthe channels have been filled, the cup is filled nearly to. its topvwith'thefiuent bonding :imateriahran'd the pressure thus producedmaintains' the various channels 'properly'fille'd to comi pensate forcontraction in the bonding material incident v to; its cooling. This Jinsures" an even filling of all joints u'p to'and flush with" the topsurface of the various'tilesg" 1 3 1L After cooling; the cup is'ieniovedandthe sand and covering sheet taken away, after which the space 15between the edge tiles and the wall 9 may be cleaned out and filled witha packing ma-' tutesan expansion joint to compensate for creepsmooth..ofi iprotuberances. herein. described sets forth a gravity. pouring op--eration,,,:it will be understood that other means ing of the floorincident to varying temperatures. In many instancethit will be foundthat all joints of aflocr of g'iven area may be poured at one operation,while,on the btherhand, 'floors of larger area may require the use ofseveral pouring, cups, in order that a proper distribution of the fluentbonding material may ben'ladeiinlall of the channels. If the pouringoperations are carried out simultaneously, the fluent materialsiroznjtheseveral cups will meet and'properly bond out e'ach other due to thesimilarity of temperatures.

In the present instance there are shown tiles of square or rectangularformation but it will be understood that the tiles may take other regulao irr enlarz hapes as de ire s l n s the s es. o channels between thevarious tiles re- ..mainnccntinuousor uninterrupted. Inthe presentdisclosure there is shownbut-ia single vent 13 to relieve entrapped airin the channelsrbut it wi l be nderstoodthatcther vents maybe p vided,either in thewends of the? channels or the points ofintersectionitheretfi- Y From the foregoing it i obvious that l haveprovided a method whereby a relatively large. area 1:0f tilesurfacemaybe joined properly and et- ,,fectively. at .a singlepouring-operation without the necessity; ofpresorting to after 1treatment, of

any of the Joints, veitherto nlllthejsame incr to While the method mayaseffectively be ;;use..d for introducingrthe fluent bonding material toone or more channel -intersections- .oi .theztile layout. t: will,morepver,;be;understo.od that the method may equally as wellbe-carriedout whereseyeralalayersof tiles are; employed, as thetilesact: the pperel yer may beproperly spaced from those of'the lower by theuse .of. spacing elements to providean 11minterrupted channel; Intheteiaimsthe term:body l is used qtoindioate the tilen-and it will beunderstood that. such termvnotv only includes tiles. of refractorymaterial but: also blocks or bricks ,of ctherl-charaoters.:- a U Y Havinthu describ drmy 1 rinenmethod ofalayin inngonthe like'com- :LPIlSl naion-with the.bodies.separatedv by intercommunicating; channel's,converting: :said channels ention, i1. claimin arranging .=-separa;e:e:bcdies. upon .a roun- -into temporary;intereommunicatingi conduits,by

w perposin on .thebodies a tempo ary. over sheet ;.',of,;fiexib1ematerial so arranged. as. to oextend acros saidchannels,providingcneormcre yent' on n-ings.-in-.said Lcover,'sheehzalcausing a-i fluent bonding. material :to' :flow "through said:conduits and to fill said channels to a uniform level-"by pouringajsufiicient Lquantitythereof through one or ;more, openings in said:vcover sheet, and tremoving' said cover sheet. after said as'places havebeenfilled;

. 2. The method of layingstiling orrthe li-ke, comprising arrangingseparate bodies upon .a four!- dation with :the bodies spaced byintercommnnieating channels, converting said jchannelsinto temporaryiintercommunicat-ing conduits by sn- 1 perposing on the bodies:aztemporarycover. sheet of pliable material-sogarranged as'to extendacross qeaid ehannelsrweighting said cover sheet so as to hold it inpositiomeausing a fluent bonding m teri o flew thro hsaid condu tsandrto fi said channels to a uniform level by pouring a suiiicientquantity in through one or more openines in sa d coyer t, and remov ng hcover sheet and the weighting means anger said channels have beenfilled.

.3. The method of laying'tiling or the like, comprising arrangingseparate bodies upon a founda- ,.;tion with the bodies spaced byintercommunicat- ,ing channels, converting said channels into temporary'intercornrnullicating conduits by superpos ng on the bodies a temporarycover sheetof flexible material so arranged as to extend across saidchannels, weighting said cover sheet down with loose sand, venting oneor more of said channels through said cover sheet and said sand, causinga en e din material-to now through dce du ts an to .fillsa d hannelmanniform l v l by p urin a snfiiei nt Quantity thereof through one ormore openings in said cover sheet and said sand, and remoyih said covers ee an sai san er heehannels have be 4- e, ethes e lay ne ti i or. thelikacomp i n pr d naa founda on w thenc osin walls, arranging separatebodies-upon said foundemons witht bed eszspaeed by ,intercommui a i schannels, t e m r nal bodies bein Spac I- Qm an Wa ls, cpnv rtin sa dhann s nto emporar n ereommunieatine conduits-by u power he b iesa tmncrarysheet like A th ugh Sa d conduits and to f l s i. channel t9. ani orm v:l el by pou in a su f cient qua i t ere th eue Q epr mo Q en nainsaid seve remo n sa d ov after sai channel have beenfill cl andzfilin he space betweenthe m rgina beli I 11. tea. level even w t the hesurfaces. oi

.5: 'lhe method ,fl yins .nrieinenre idine axf undatien with 1e .nwalls, arranging separate bodies upon SQ; W nnat on w th th bod easnaceb iintercommu ieat net annelsgthe1.. albeel e e nsspaced fr m said ls,ic n. er temporary 12PEZQQE on eed es astemporary .eey rsheet .ef Jo bemat rialsoarraneed as teexten a r ai ann ls," e osine-theo ter endsotsaid eonduits by folding the margins of the coyer sheet downwa dl evetheenter d s-19f t e margi al bodies and across the spaceyi sai Alfimentioned hediesza ent e e i W i ht ng said cove s et d wn w th andnentins, enee mo of a ,el through said cover sheet and said sand,;oausing a fluent bondin Lmate ial to hrou aid ndu tsiand- 11- said cha ne s0 anni r-m level by pour n a s ff c en q antity t er through cne L-ormore openings in, saidcover sheet and said tsandnremoving .saidvcoyersheet and said sand after the channels have been filled, and Ifinally filling the spaces betweenthe Walls and he marginal bodie to a lvel veven with-th op --su aces.-o said bodies 1 I J c I ns oatheiikescmtins said channel into ereemmunie ti e con ui s bre

